| Level: | Easy |
| Yield: | 4 cups |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 4 cups milk
- 1/4 cup flour
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Melt butter. Whisk in flour and cook a minute. Slowly add milk, whisking vigorously. Simmer for 5 minutes or until thick and smooth. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature, with buttered paper over top to prevent a skin from forming. Transfer to containers and freeze until needed.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 8 servings |
| Calories | 128 |
| Total Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Sodium | 306 mg |
Reviews
i attempted a white sauce many years ago and it was a failure…i decided to try the “simple white sauce”…cheese tortellini..i have always made this with a red sauce..WOW…perfect and my wife is totally on board with my new secret receipe….i love to cook Italian food…so i would buy my wight sauce in the store….good by Paul Newman..
You should use 4 tablespoons of butter
This is the basic white sauce that can be used in so many recipes.I use this for Golden Rod toast, Creamed Chipped Beef on toast, Sausage Gravy,Mac and Cheese , Scalloped Potatoes and Creamed Spinach with garlic just to name a few.People that say it’s not tasty I would bet they don’t let it cook long enough to cook the flour.Raw flour doesn’t taste very good.Let it simmer @ least 5 minutes.
This was a not up to par. Not sure what was wrong I think to much flour.
i love it
This is an excellent sauce. I use it for many things such as shrimp ,scallop potatoes and vegatables. I just add onion,garlic, and different types of cheese and herbs & spices.
It a great basic sauce.
It a great basic sauce.
I thought this white sauce was the worst ever… I would have to say that the measurements are off quite a bit… it was not thick at all and it just tasted like flour milk… it was completely awful…. do not make this sauce!!!
I am lactose intolerant so I tried it with soymilk. It actually turned out really well. I added some herbs and sun dired tomatoes to the sauce and served it over spinach linguine. It was fabulous. If you try this recipe with soy milk, my only advice would be too maybe use 3 and a half cuops of milk, or even three to achieve a good level of thickness
My family loved this sauce and it was so easy! I wanted a slight cheesy flavor so I added 1 cup of mozzerrella cheese. It was a big hit for a quick yet yummy Sunday afternoon meal.
Finally, a white sauce recipe that I can follow and that works! Easy!